President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani spoke by telephone on Sunday with his Senegalese counterpart Bassirou Diomaye Faye, offering his condolences and sympathy over the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off the Senegalese coast and expressing Mauritania's solidarity with Senegal in this tragedy.
Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani affirmed that Mauritania stands by Senegal, extending his sympathy to the families of the victims and the missing, and wishing the survivors a speedy recovery and mercy upon the dead.
The call came after the toll from the accident rose to 34 dead following the recovery of further bodies on Sunday morning off Lompoul, in the commune of Léona, Kébémer department, Louga region, in north-western Senegal, with only one person surviving the accident, according to Senegalese media.
